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E statutes looking to 
the protection of 
Game and Fish are 
wortl^y t|-[e adulatioq and 
support of every (-[oqest 
heart, He that willfully violates such 
wl^olesonqe laws takes raqk with the 
sneak-thief and highv^ayman, be h^e 
either in purple and fine linen or in 
tags and tatters. The beauties of 
Nature are but secondary considera- 
tioq with hinq, if at all, aqd so of the 
flowers and birds, the music of the 
meandering streanq and the deep 
blue of tl^e o'erarchiqg sky. He is 
mteqt oqly on securing ' tP\e forbidderi 
fruit' and for t^|at transgresses the 
laws of bothi God aqd maq. He is a 
type of the modern Caiq and shiould 
beshiunned by all genuine sportsmen 
aqd lovers of law and justice." 

— Poacher s Trial. 



■' If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree, or 
on the ground, young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, 
or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young. But thou 
shait in anywise let the dam go, that it may be well with thee and that 
thou may prolong thy days." 

— Deuteronomy xxii., SyG^T . 



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Cbe Cuvkr Club, 

ITS PAST AND PRESENT HISTORY. ITS AIM AND OBJECT. 

E learn from the min- 
utes of the Club that 
as early as 1871 a few 
gentlemen, fond of field 
sports, determined to form 
a sportsmen's society, whose 
object should be to elevate 
^''"'the tone of field sport, and 
to enforce the game laws. 
They met at long inter- 
vals, and their meetings 
were of a desultory nature, 
but their membership in- 
creased. Subsequently the 
original idea of a sportsmen's 
club solely was abandoned by them, and it was 
resolved to enlarge their scope so as to include 
game preservation. Out of this resolution sprang 
the " Ohio State Society for the Protection of Game 
and Fish," for such was the title adopted by the 
new society. It began its Errand weak in numbers, 
and poor in purse. It«..fe*irly meetings were held 
sometimes in the law offices either of the Hon. 
Milton Sayler, or of Thos. A. Logan, Esq., and 
sometimes, by the courtesy of Sam'l P. Post, in 
the office of the Eagle Insurance Company. An 



attendance of ten or twelve was deemed a full 
meeting. But the purpose of the society, as indi- 
cated by its title, was a fixed purpose in the minds 
of its founders, and they determined that the 
society should not perish, and that it should acquire 
a local habitation, as well as a name. 

Upon their personal responsibility they rented 
the front room No. 200 (old number) West Fourth 
Street. Here they persisted in their endeavors, 
encouraging the old, and soliciting new members, 
until their enterprise seemed placed on a permanent 
basis. It was then resolved to rent additional 
rooms, and this was done once more upon the per- 
sonal responsibility of a few, for the pecuniary 
liability. The last regular meeting in the front 
room, was upon February 5, 1874. The name of 
the society had proved too cumbersome, and it was 
then changed to The Cuvier Club. 




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Throughout the year 1874, there was gradual 
progress. Upon January 1, 1875, the Club issued 
its invitations to the citizens at large, and received 
the calls of about five hundred visitors. The effect 
of this open display was most beneficial. Those 



who never before had dreamed of the existence of 
the Club, or of such a collection (which by this time 
had been increased by the Florida collection, and 
by private donations,) became warmly interested. 
New members gladly joined, and the treasury be- 
gan to assume healthful proportions. January 1, 
1875, may be called the birthday of The Cuvier 
Club, and should always hereafter be celebrated 
as such. During 1875 the Club grew rapidly in 
numbers, in importance, in influence, and in public 
regard. 

Had grown so rapidly in 
membership, influence 
and flnances, that it was 
resolved at a special meet- 
1 '^_ ing that a spacious 
lot, centrally lo- 
cated, be secured 
and a suitable building 
for the popular organization erected 
thereon. This was all accomplished within one 
year from the date of the resolution, and the first 
meeting was held in the new Club House January 
14th, 1882. This edifice with its magnificent 
Museum has always been the pride of the city, 
and is now considered a public necessity, as much 
so as the Zoological Garden, for it is always open 
to the visiting strangers and others, without cost. 
The first banquet, we will here state en passant, 




THE \V 
NEW 
BUILDING 



that was given in the Cuvier's grand quarters, was 
attended by over fifteen hundred gentlemen and 
ladies, which embraced the very elite of the city 
and was declared the most sumptuous affair ever 
given by any home organization. 

Not withstanding the amplitude of the new 
building, which embraces large and convenient 
rooms and galleries for Museum, Banquet, Library, 
Reception and other purposes, it is now considered 
entirely too small. The Museum is now deficient 
in wall and shelf room for their already large col- 
lection of birds from every zone, and fishes from 
every quarter and other natural objects. The 
Banquet-room also lacks space for the seating of 
the members and their guests on the occasion of 
their usual " annuals," and it therefore looks as if 
the organization stood in need of a more spacious 
building, which will doubtless be realized in the 
near future with the greater growth of our enter- 
prising city. 




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The object of the Club is to preserve, protect and 
increase the game and fishes of Ohio, to enforce 
the laws concerning them, to promote and advance 



field sports and to create a meritorious Museum for 
the benefit of the public and public schools, and 
also to give our support looking to the protection 
of our grand and too rapidly disappearing forests. 
That the Society has not been recreant in the 
trust reposed in it by our citizens, we will here 
simply remark that there has scarcely been a 
hotel, restaurant, or game dealer in the city but 
what has been arrested and made to pay the pen- 
alty for violation of the game law. Even during 
the present season of a few months, over a dozen 
violators have already been made to feel the vigil- 
ance of this organization. 




In this respect the Cuviers have much to con- 
tend with, owing to the numerous cold storage 
houses that exist here and everywhere throughout 
the length and breadth of this fair land. In their 
frosty chambers are concealed tons of illegal game, 
which as the laws now exist make it almost impos- 
sible to discover and capture. Every now and then, 
despite these obstacles, we arrest and have fined 
some of these illegal game dealers that there keep 



their piratical products. Had the search warrant 
law, which the Cuviers had prepared and which 
was presented to the last Legislature, been enacted, 
there would have been no frozen game to sell sub rosa. 
As per example by way of positive illustration, 
we will regretfully state that at a mieeting of Fish 
and Game Commissioners of various states, held in 
Chicago in February, 1898, one of the Commis- 
sioners, Mr. Bortree, cited the Kenena case, where 
27,000 head of game was uncovered (and covered 
up again) in a freezer. Mr. Werner, the steward 
of a large restaurant in Chicago, said at the same 
meeting : "I can show you a thousand saddles of 
venison in cold storage here to-day. I know how 
that goes, for I have bought game enough in my 
time. I have had quail offered to me at sixty-five 
cents per dozen, and prairie chicken at one dollar 
a dozen. The market was then terribly glutted 
and the game sadly deteriorated in the course of 
time ; in fact it was not fit to eat after it had lain 
so long in the frosty atmosphere ; it was almost as 
poisonous as the bite of an asp." So say all pro- 
fessionals who have made earnest and thorough 
study of game refrigeration. I might fill pages 
with examples of the same kind, but the above is 
enough to convince anyone, I hope, that the cold 
storage houses are knocking out our game at the 
rapid rate of 5 per cent, or more a year, and is one 
of the most conclusive methods of assisting in its 
utter extermination. 












Again the insatiate greed of some pot-hunters, 
who fraudulently pose as sportsmen, kills many 
thousands of delicious birds for refrigeration and 
solely to use after open season has closed. This 
but adds to the decrease and notably so. This is 
not alone true of the birds, but also of every living 
thing that builds, or burrows in our woods or streams 
or fields. The spirit of wanton destruction that has 
exterminated the buffalo is at work in every state 
and county in America. Fish are caught out of 
season, nets are used when rod and line alone should 
be permitted, trapping goes on regardless of the 
times for mating and rearing of young birds and 
animals. This will doubtless continue till the fowl 
with the golden egg is killed, if this warfare is not 
soon checked. 

Cbe Social features of the Club. 




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A subject infinitely more 

pleasurable to discuss than 

wanton destruction, is the 

social organization of this 

Club, which is of such high 

character and excellence as to 



commend itself to every respectable member of the 
community. While it opens up a pleasant place of 
resort for the members, it has studiously been kept 
free from all that can be objectionable to any, with 
no bar or restaurant attached, no card playing for 
any kind of stakes, nothing that demands any 
expenditure of money beyond the nominal annual 
dues of $10.00, so that a person in most moderate 
circumstances can enjoy its privileges and feel 
on a level with the wealthiest. 

The most prominent feature in its social life 
is its annual banquet, which in its gastronomic 
specialty, is acknowledged by the daintiest epicures 
and most notable chefs to be the most recherche 
game dinner that could be perfected. A prince of 
the realm, to put it more boldly, would feel himself 
honored as a guest at one of these elegant feasts. 

To see social life as it daily exists in this famous 
Club, is to view and adrhire a picture of pure delight. 
Here you observe, as you pass its portals of unmeas- 
ured pleasure, some of our most prominent citizens 
engaged in solving many of the perplexing prob- 
lems of chess, others absorbed in the deep subtleties 
of fascinating whist, while still others are infinitely 
diverting themselves in games less taxing to the 
intellect. A casual glance at the "Turn-Over 
Corner" reveals a coterie of accomplished sports- 
men in that mirthful precinct, many of whom have 
locks as white as the driven snow. They are ever 
busy reeling off romance and reality. 



Cbe Club museum. 




HIS is really the work 

P' ^^fr%^Ji^lH /^M^ ^^ ^ generation and 
T|^^.>^^^^| f^f^<S is a striking exam- 
ple of the taxiderm- 
ist's art ; it is one 
the absorbing and 
attractive features of the 
organization. Free to the public, 
it will well repay a visit from 
anyone who takes an interest in natural history. 
The large attendance from the scholars of our city 
schools shows that they have appreciated its advan- 
tages as a place for study from nature. Our 
members, and business men generally, can not find 
a more interesting and instructive place to which 
to bring visiting strangers than to the Museum of 
the Cuvier Club, nor any which will be more thor- 
oughly enjoyed. Nowhere outside of the Smith- 
sonian Institution at Washington, can a larger 
collection of the character be found, and in its 
preparation and mounting of the specimens in the 
exhibit it is not conceded that it is second to any. 
It contains about 2,000 birds, 192 >^^4. 

fish, 99 animals and 1,300 birds' eggs, '^^Ef^ ^% 



and is rapidly and largely increased 
each year. 




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The Ubrary': 



The Library is a very rare collection of stan- 
dard works on Natural History and field sports, 
and contains many valuable books that are not else- 
where to be found in the city. There are among 
them a few musty tomes over two hundred years 
old, but the majority of the volumes are more 
modern, embracing many in narrative and all that 
is of interest in Ornithology and Ichthyology. 
The sportsman and the lover of nature will here 
find much to delight and interest them. 

The grand and stately building which we occupy 
is owned by us without a dollar of encumbrance, 
its total cost, including the lot, was over forty 
thousand dollars, and it is an exceedingly ornate 
and magnificent piece of architecture. Unmistak- 
able research shows that it is the only building in 
the United States, and the only building of which 
we know ever erected in any place, which was 
built only for the purposes of and exclusively by 
the advocates of fish and game protection. It 
stands to-day alone in the world ' as the product of 
that sentiment. It is dedicated to that principle. 
It is the palpable embodiment of that philanthrophy. 
May the example ever spread and its influence 
ever expand. 







We will not enter into further description con- 
cerning this magnificent edifice, as it would take 
too much space to speak of its numerous advan- 
tages and elaborate appointments. And then we 
desire to say a few words, parenthetically, in favor 
of our songbirds. We therefore ask, who is there 
that has ever trodden the well-worn paths of the 
orchard, the field, the forest, and listened to the 
blue bird as he wooes his mate with a loving warble, 
or the hermit thrush as he floods the air with his 
celestial notes, or the robin as he swells his ruddy 
throat in a continuous roundelay of song, and has 
not felt that the strong arm of the law should more 
energetically protect them than it does now? These 
children of the air would fain have you for their 
guardian. They appeal to you from every forest 
and field, from every mead and meadow, from every 
lawn and park — in fact, from every place where 
they abide under the bright, blue sky and blazing 
sun — that their direful slaughter should cease with- 
out delay. Our enthusiasm prompts us to declare 
that the slaughter must cease, for it is akin to 
taking the the very essence of life and melody from 



our floral friends and lovely lawns. No landscape, 
no matter how beautiful, is complete until it is peo- 
pled with these divine songsters of the grove, that 
flit from branch to branch, and flower to flower, 
with the sparkle of the stars and the glitter of gold 
reflected from their exquisite plumage. 

We merely mention this in order that you may 
at once see what an extensive field in protection we 
cover, and if you are a suburbanite, or a lover of 
nature and accustomed to the concerts of these 
woodland warblers, when the meadow lilies are 
blooming and the daisies and red clover are tossing 
in zephyr breezes, you will realize one of the bene- 
ficent efforts of the Club, and must assuredly say, 
God speed it in its good work. 



Hstounding Decrease in Bird Eife. 

As we look at the lovely birds cradled among 
the hawthorn buds, searching for aphidx amongst 
apple blossoms and drinking dew from the lily, we 
are saddened by realizing the astounding decrease 
in bird life that now prevails. It is manifest evi- 
dence that socie'ie 3 like the Cuvier or the Audubon, 
should be scattered over the entire country and 
that energetic protection should be given these 



innocent children of the air. Read the annexed 
list of the per cent, of decrease in bird life and 
you will be convinced that like the fishes of the 
deep they are worthy our loyal guardianship. 

Per Cent, of Decrease : 

Per Cent. 

Maine 52 

New Hampshire 32 

Vermont 30 

Massachusetts 27 

Rhode Island .60 

Connecticut 75 

New York 48 

New Jersey 37 

Pennsylvania 51 

Ohio 38 

Indiana 60 

Illinois 38 

Michigan . . 23 

Wisconsin 40 

Iowa ... 37 

Missouri 35 

Nebraska . . 10 

North Dakota 58 

District of Columbia 33 

South Carolina 32 

Georgia 65 

Florida 77 

Mississippi 37 

Louisiana ... 55 

Arkansas 50 

Texas 67 

Indian Territory ... . . 75 

Montana 75 

Colorado 28 

Idaho 40 



The thirty States and Territories named in list 
opposite, comprise at least three-fifths of the tota 
area of the United States, and the general average 
of decrease throughout that vast area is 46 per 
cent. This, of course, refers to the whole volume 
of bird life, and to the loss it has suffered during 
the last fifteen years. At the present rate of 
destruction, another fifteen years will witness the 
complete annihilation from that area of practically 
all birds, save the small and insignificent warblers 
and sparrows. The decrease in game birds is fully 
75 per cent. A few more years, if the present 
ratio of slaughter is kept up, will see them com- 
pletely wiped out. Three States, North Carolina, 
Oregon and California, show a stationary condition 
of bird life, /. e., as many birds as fifteen years 
ago. Four States show an increase in bird life ; 
these are Kansas, Wyoming, Utah and Washington 
— in the last named due to clearing away of the 
dense and dark coniferous forests that hitherto 
have been almost untenable to insectivorous birds. 
Kansas appears to be the banner State for bird 
protection, due to her admirable law against the 
sale and shipment of game. 




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Articles of Tncorporation. 

IDc, tf;c Hnbcrstgnrb CitijiMis of the State 
of Ohio, desiring to become incorporated, hereby 
subscribe and acknowledge the following 
Articles of Incorporation : 

Article I. The name of the Corpora- 
tion shall be The Cuvier Club of 
Cincinnati. 

Article 2. The Corporation shall be 
located at Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Article 3. The purpose for which the 
Corporation was formed is to increase 
the food supply of Ohio by protecting 
the Game and Fish, to enforce the laws 

■ concerning the same, and to establish 

f and maintain a SCi/sei/m and jOibrary of 
J* ' / Dlatural 3(i story. 

>\^ :-- Article 4. The Corporation is formed 

^ V^ ' for a purpose other than profit and is not 

^;:^ '' ^, for profit. 
"■■"i -ii..ifMtfri L. A. Harris, 

h. c. culbertson, 
Geo. W. Smith, 
Thos. a. Logan, 
G. W. Carlisle, 
J. F. Blackburn. 




C;on$titutioti, 



1. The officers of this Club shall be a President, three 
Vice Presidents, a Corresponding Secretary, and a Recording 
Secretary. 

The President and Vice-Presidents shall be elected by 
the Club, by ballot, at the Annual Meeting ot said Club, to be 
held at the Club Rooms on the first Saturday in January of 
each year. The officers shall hold their respective offices for 
the term of one year and until iheir successors are elected 
and qualified. 

2. The President shall preside over all meetings of the 
Club and govern same according to parliamentary law\ In 
the absence of the President, the Vice-Presidents, in the 
order of their seniority, shall discharge his duties. 

3. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct and pre- 
serve the correspondence at the Club, and deliver the same 
to his successor in office. He shall be ex officio chairman of 
the Executive Committee. 

4. The Recording Secretary shall keep an accurate 
record of the proceedings of each meeting of the Club, and 
shall preserve all records and papers belonging to the Club 
which may be placed in his custody, and discharge all duties 
usually pertaining to the office. He shall make at the Annual 
Meeting aforesaid, a full report of the receipts and expenses 
of the Club for the year, and shall also make monthly or 
quaiterly reports of the same when so required by the Trus- 
tees, or by any Auditing Committee by them appointed, in 
pursuance of any By-Law or Resolution. He shall keep a 
roll of members and make a monthly report to the Club of 
delinquents. He shall, if directed so to do, by the Trustees, 



receive all membership dues and all monies paid to the Club 
and deposit the same daily as received, in any depository 
which may be designated by the Trustees, reserving such sum 
for petty expenses, not exceeding fifty dollars, as may be 
designated by them; and such sums of money shall be drawn 
from such depository upon a joint check only in such manner 
and for the purposes that now are or hereafter may be pre- 
scribed by the said Trustees. All his duties shall be desig- 
nated by the Trustees. He shall execute to the Trustees for 
the use and benefit of the Club, a bond in a sum not less than 
Five Thousand Dollars with approved security, conditioned 
for the faithful performance of his duties. 

5. The custody and control of all the property of the 
Club, of whatsoever name and nature, and the corporate 
powers and entire executive authority of the Club and 
the full management of its finances, shall be vested in a 
board of nine Trustees, who shall be elected by the members, 
by ballot, at the Annual Meeting on the first Saturday in 
January. Said Trustees shall hold their offices for the term 
of three years, except that of the nine Trustees to be 
elected for the year 1882; three only shall hold for three 
years, three shall hold for two years, and three for one year. 
At the first meeting held by them after their election, the 
Trustees for 1882 shall make an allottment of terms accord- 
ing to this provision, and in default of their action the Club 
shall determine the allottment by resolution at a special meet- 
ing to be called for that purpose. After the year 1882, three 
Trustees shall be elected at each Annual Meeting to hold for 
three years. In case of the death or resignation of any 
Trustee, a successor to fill the vacancy shall be appointed by 
the Trustees, who shall hold his office until upon thirty days 
prior notice a special meeting is called by the Trustees to 
elect a successor to the appointee. Such successor shall hold 
for the balance of the term. A removal of residence from 
the State of O'' io shall be held to be a resignation. 



6. The Trustees shall provide a membership book in 
which shall be copied the Articles of Incorporation of the 
Club, to be kept by the Secretary, which shall be signed by 
all members before they are entitled to vote. 

7. The Trustees shall at once provide membership tickets,^ 
numbered consecutively, to be signed by the President and to 
be furnished by him to the Secretary, from time to time, tak- 
ing a receipt therefor. The Secretary shall countersign these 
tickets and give one as a receipt to each paying member, and 
in the settlement with the Auditing Committee they shall 
require that each ticket not produced by him shall be 
accounted for. 

8. The Trustees shall appoint a House Committee of 
three, other than themselves, to serve during the month ensuing 
next after their appointment. It shall be the duty of such Com- 
mittee to take entire charge, subject to the Trustees, of the 
Club House; to see that good order and decorum are pre- 
served therein; that all rules and regulations thereof are 
observed; and generally to maintain the discipline of the 
Club. They shall report all infringements of either to the 
Trustees for their action. 

The Trustees shall also appoint the Recording and Corre- 
sponding Secretaries. 

They shall also appoint an Executive Committee of three 
to serve for one year, which Committee shall have power to 
elect its own Secretary. 

It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to ascer- 
tain, so far as they can, all offenses against the game and 
fish laws of the Stat r ; to detect, pursue and prosecute viola- 
tors thereof, and for this purpose the Trustees may authorize 
them to employ attorneys, detectives and others, and to offer 
rewards to informers. They shall, through the Correspond- 
ing Secretary as chairman, keep themselves in official commu- 
nication and co-operation with similar clubs in this and other 
States, and shall be diligent in promoting the objects of 
the Club. 



They shall report to the Club in writing, at the end of their 
term, the number of cases prosecuted and their history and 
result; and shall also collect and report statistics of the year, 
relating to game and fish, the increase or decrease, and the 
causes thereof, which report shall be filed and preserved by 
the Recording Secretary. 

9. Upon the recommendation of ti.e Trustees, stating 
that there is an urgent necessity therefor, the Club may levy 
a special assessment, not exceeding Ten Dollars annually, 
upon each member. Provided, however, that such assess- 
ment shall only be made at a meeting called for that purpose, 
notice of which shall be given, personally or by mail, to each 
member, and upon a two-thirds vote of those present. 

10. Five members of the Board of Trustees shall con- 
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

11. Ail members of the Club elected before its incor- 
poration, and now in good standing at such, shall be members 
of this Club as incorporated upon signing their names in the 
membership book. 

12. The names of all applicants for membership shall 
be conspicuously posted in the Club Room at least ten days 
prior to the vote upon their election, toget" er with the names 
of the members proposing them, the date of proposition and 
the address and occupation of the applicants. 

13. The election of all members shall be by ballot and 
five black balls shall reject any application for membership. 
A name once rejected can not again be presented within six 
months, except by unanimous consent. 

14. Members for life may be elected, provided the term 
of membership distinctly appears in the application, and upon 
payment of One Hundred Dollars; such members shall there- 
after be exempt from payment of annual dues. 

15. The annual dues of all other members shall be Ten 
Dollars, and shall be due and payable immediately after the 
Annual Meeting in January. 



16. Fifteen members of the Club shall constitute a 
quorum for the transaction of business. 

17. No amendment or alteration shall be made to the 
Regulations or By-Laws of the Club, unless proposed at a 
regular meeting and laid upon the table for consideration 
untill the next regular meeting, and then adopted by a two- 
thirds vote of all the members present, upon a call of the 
yeas and nays. 

18. Any member may be expelled by a two-thirds vote 
of the members present at any regular meeting for reasons 
sufficient and legal, after notice of charges and reasonable 
time for defense have been given. 




By Caws. 



Section 1 . The following shall be the order of business 
at each meeting; 

(1) Meeting called to order. 

(2) Roll call and minutes read. 

(3) Reports of committees. 

(4) Elections. 

(5) Miscellaneous business. 

Sec. 2. All motions, resolutions and reports shall be in 
writing. 

Sec. 3. No member shall withdraw from the Club while 
in session without permission. 

Sec. 4. All resignations shall be made in writing to the 
President. When, from any reason, one ceases to be a mem- 
ber, all his former proprietary interests vest immediately in 
the Club. Provided, however, that this does not apply to any 
specimens or property which may have been placed in the 
Club Rooms by him for display or safe keeping. 

Sec. 5 . The regular meetings of the Club shall be on 
the first Saturday of every month, at 7:30 o'clock, P. M. 

Sec. 6. The Club Rooms shall be open to members at 
such hours and under such rules as may be prescribed. 

Sec. 7 . No member shall be permitted to take away or 
remove from the Club Rooms any newspapers, books pam- 
phlets or other property of the Club, without consent of the 
Trustees, or in any manner mutilate or deface the same. 

Sec. 8. Any member may invite a citizen to see the 
Club Rooms, once only, but shall not introduce him for any 
other purpose and not then during the meeting of the Club. 

Sec. 9. All statements, written or verbal, made to the 
Club relating to candidates for membership, or to charges 
against members, and all matter relating to the private affairs 
of the Club and all discussions upon the same, shall be con- 
sidered privileged and confidential communications, and 
shall not be divulged under penalty of expulsion. 

Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of every member to report 
to ihe Trustees or the House Committee, any violation of the 
Regulations or By-Laws coming to his knowledge. 



Bouse Committee. 

1. The House Committee shall consist of three members, 
who shall serve for one month from the date of their appoint- 
ment and until their successors are duly selected. 

2. It is expected that one member, at least, shall be 
present each day, afternoon and evening. 

3. Unless otherwise agreed upon amongst themselves, 
the first named member of the Committee shall be in charge 
on Monday and Thursday of each v^eek, the second on Tues- 
day and Friday, and the third on Wednesday and Saturday. 

4. It shall be the duty of the House Committee to act as 
a reception committee for tbe introduction of nev7 members 
or privileged visitors; to see that the janitor and his assis- 
tant perform their duties thoroughly and satisfactorily; to 
regulate the use of gas; to enforce the ordinary rules of good 
breeding and courtesy among the members; to see that no 
one, not a member in good standing or privileged visitor, 
shall be admitted to the Club Room proper; to enforce good 
order among visitors on public days; to provide the necessary 
wash-room supplies; to attend to the proper heating and 
ventilation of the Club House; to take notice of, and at their 
discretion, to act upon any complaints or suggestions, as to 
the management of the internal afEairs of the Club, and in 
general, to have control of matters pertaining to the social 
relations of members. 

5. No vistors shall be allowed in the Club Room proper 
unless provided with a card of admission signed by the Presi- 
dent and Secretary. 

6. No expenses other than those previously specified 
shall be incurred by the House Committee without the sanc- 
tion of the Board of Trustees. 

7. The House Committee shall, at the end of their term 
of office, report to the Trustees in regard to their manage- 
ment of the duties entrusted to their charge, and shall make 
such suggestions as they think best for the welfare of the Club. 



epitome of Game Um of ODio, i$99« 



It is unlawful to take with net or seine, or to kill with dynamite 
or other explosives, fish in any of the streams of Ohio. 

It is unlawful to kill or keep any native song bird in a cage or 
confinement. 

It is unlawful to hunt on Sunday. 

It is unlawful to trap or kill, or have in possession, or sell any 
game excepting during the open season. 

OPEN SEASON, 1898-99. 
Quail. November 10 to December 15, inclusive. 
Prairie Chicken, September 1 to December 15, inclusive. 
Rabbits can be killed at any time. 
Squirrel. July 4 to December 15, inclusive. 
Woodcock, July 4 to December 15, inclusive. 
Rail, September 1 to May 15, inclusive. 
Snipe. September 1 to May 15, inclusive. 
Kildeer, September 1 to May 15, inclusive. 
Plover, September 1 to May 15, inclusive. 
Coot, September 1 to April 15, inclusive. 
Wild Duck, September 1 to April 15, inclusive. 
Wild Turkey, November 10 to December 15, inclusive. 
Wild Deer, November 10 to September 15, inclusive. 
Pheasant. September 1 to December 15, inclusive. 
Ruffed Grouse, September 1 to December 15, inclusive. 
Dove, July 4 to December 15, inclusive. 
Mud Hen, September 1 to April 15, inclusive. 
Mongolian, English or Ring Necked Pheasant, protected till 
November 10, 1903. 

It is unlawful to kill Wild Duck on Sunday or Monday of any 
week or before 5 o'clock A. M., or after 6 o'clock P. M. 
of any day. 



Officers 



President. 

ALEXANDER STARBUCK. 

(p. 9^ vKrt^Vc 

^ y I Vice-Presidents. 

JAS.r m^^] I t nV/, 1st, HENRY HANNA, 2ad. 

P. E. ROACH, 3rd. 

Trustees. "^J ' '^ , i\^,Q_^ 

H. C. CULBERTSON. Q G. LN^V D. 

E, M. PATTISON, ^^ ,--, 

JOHN T. ROUSE, ^ 

P, E, ROACH, HENRY HANNA. 

ALEXANDER STARBUCK, 



1NG Secretary. 

WM, J, LAWLER, 

Recording Secretary. 

j.^'b, scheidemamtle, 

Custodian of Museum. 

PROF, CHARLES DURY, 



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Cist of members 



APRIL 



899. --. 



Anderson, Davis C. 
Armleder, 0. 
Albrecht, Chas. H. 
Andrews, A. L. 
Andrews, J. A. 
Allan, Thos. W. 
Ampt, W. M. 



Andrews, Jos. G. 
Andrae, Percy- 
Andrews, Alb. K. 
Alms, Hon. W. H. 
Andrews, Jos. B. 
Altman, Howard 
Allison, Robt. 



Bouscaren, G. 
Basse, Max 
Burgett, J. A. 
Brooks, L. H. 
Bohrer, Geo. H. 
Bogen, Edward 
Braemer, Theo. 
Brown, Thos. S. 
Bell, Chas. W. 
Bromwell, Hon. Jacob H. 
Bauer, J. M. 
Bobe, J. B. 
Bodemer, Wm. 
Bode, Albert 
Bruce, John E. 
Bruckmann, Wm. 
Bonsall, Robt. 



Baylis, E. W. 
Bosworth, C. A. 
Bettinger, Albert 
Brunsman, A. G. 
Burton, Stephen R. 
Bange, Dr. Theo. 
Burtner, W. H. 
Burton, S. H. 
Barth, Henry 
Bleier, Herman 
Burtner, W. H. Jr. 
Bushnell, Gov. Asa S. 
Burton, W. H. 
Barrett, Oscar F. 
Brewster, J. W. 
Bellstedt, Herman, Jr. 



MEMBERS CONTINUED. 



Cain, H. J. 
Carew, J. T. 
Clark, John P. 
Cleneay, C. P. 
Culbertson, H. C. 
Chapman, John Q. A 
Conroy, A. J. 
Cox, Benj. H. 
Carpenter, W. B. 
Conner, Dr. P. S. 



Dillaby, James / 

Doherty, Hon. J. M. 
Dury, Prof. Charles 
Dana, S. F. / 

Doerr, Walter / 
Davie, W. 0. 
Danner, Frederick 
Davis, Judge David 
Daniels, L. B. 
Donaldson, Wm. M. 
Dunklee, J. W. 
Davis, Dr. J. D. 




/ 

Conner, H. L. 
Chambers, Jos. 
Cohen, David C. 
Calvert, Wm H. 
Clark, Dr. B. F. 
Carew, Robt. G. 
Clark, Philo S. 
Coombe, Elijah 
Clark, N. S. 



Durner, M. 
Dohrmann, F. W. 
Davis, Chas. H. 
Davidson, Lew. A. 
Duhme, Herman 
Dorst, Jacob 
Dalton, H. M. 
Davis, John C. 
Donnally, Edward 
Deitsch, Col. Phil. 
Diehl, Geo. Paxton 



MEMBERS CONTINUED. 



Egan, John 
Ellard, George B. 
Emerson, Lowe 
Early, H. Lee 
Ehrman, Dr. Geo. 



Evans, Benj. 
Eaton, A. D. 
Easton, Geo. F. 
Ernst, Jas. C. 



y 



Ferguson, Hon. E 
Furst, Abe. 
Foster, G. W. 
Foulds, Harry G. 
Foulds, F. W. 
Faran, J. J. Jr. 
Farrelly, O. B. 
French, Tilden R. 
Ferris, Judge Howard 
Fox, Frank 
French, Algernon S. 
Fishburn, Chas. B. 



Forn, Wm. 
Ficke, Geo. A. 
Fryer, Robt. N. 
Frey, John H. 
Fleischmann, Julius 
Fleischmann, Max C. 
Freiberg, Maurice J. 
Friedeborn, J. 
Field, W. H. 
Fritz, Richard 
Ford, W. J. 
Finn, John B. 



Gano, J. W. 
Garj'ard, Jeptha 
Gl^^den, J. J. 
Griffiths, Geo. R. 
Gerke, George 
Gooder, E. 
Gibbs, E. C. 
Grant, Edward S. 



Gazlay, W. H. 
Gregg, Judge Ellis B. 
Gale, B. W. 
Gray, Adam 
Gamble, ArtLur 
Goodall, Levi 
Guckenberger, Fred'k 



MEMBERS CONTINUED. 



Hanna, Henry 
Harmon, Judge Judson 
Henderson, W. D. 
Hibben, J. Harry 
Hurd, E. O. 
Hosea, R. H. 
Hobart, Lowell F. 
Hesser, C. F. 
Howard, Geo. A. 
Hawley, Dr. H. W. 
Hollister, Judge Howard 
Hey, Benjamin 
Harper, J. C. 
Harrison, W. H. 
Hearne, L. E. 



Hauck, Louis J. 
Hennegan, J. F. 
Harris, Geo. W. 
Heywood, Prof. John C. 
Hill, W. G. 
Horstman, Theo. 
Hatfield, Jas. T. 
Hall, Wilmot J. 
Hostler, Sidney P. 
Holmes, Dr. C. R. 
Heekin, James 
Heekin, Jas. J. 
Hellebusch, Clemens 
Hamilton, Geo. W. 



Irwin, Dr. Jas. T. 
Isbell, E. E. 



Irwin, W. T. 



Joyce, Thos. J. 
Jelke, Judge Ferd. Jr. 
Jung, E. W. 



Jung, Geo. J. 
Junkermann, Prof. G. F. 
Jones, D. C. 



MEMBERS CONTINUED. 



Kiersted, Coi. Jeremiah 
Kilgour, John 
Kineon, Sol. P. 
Kirby, Josiah 
Kenan, Norman G. 
Kennedy, J. M. 
Kingsbury, C. G. 
Kirchner, Frank H. 
Kleybolte, Rudolph 
Kennedy, W. S. 
Keating, Thos. W. 
Klopp, Michael 



Kinsley, J. R. 
Knaul, M. 

Kattenhorn, Geo. H. 
Kroger, B. H. 
Kroger, R. J. 
Kohner, J. A. 
Kobman, Ernst W. 
Kellogg, Ralph 
Keck, Oscar 
Kiechler, Philip S. 
Krohn, Louis 



Law, John H. 
Lawler, Wm. J. 
Lawton, L. C. 
Logan, Hon. Thos. A. 
Lloyd, C. G. 
Lewis, Eugene L. 
Lehman, A. 
Luthy, Richard Y. 
Law, B. B. 



Lurikenheimer, Carl 
Loomis, H. T. 
Lemon, Wm. M. 
Lloyd, Prof. John Uri 
Logan, Chas. E. 
Lewis, Chas. 
Lindsley, Wm. F. 
Lee, Frank M. 



MEMBERS CONTINUED. 



Markley, W. H. R. 
Maxwell, Judge S. N. 
McDonald, Alex. 
McKenzie, S. M. 
McLaughlin, J. W. 
Miller, G. T. 
Mitchell, Chas. G. 
Moore, Chas. E. \ 
Morehead, H. B. \ 
Morgan, Hon. R. J. 
Murdock, John G. 
Murphy, Judge Jno. 
Murphy, Sam'l M. 
Minor, Dr. T. C. 
McCormick, E. 0. 
McCormick, W. J. 
McCullough, Alb. 
McGrew, T. 0. 
Maxwell, Jas. R 
Marmet, Wm. 
Millikan, J. R. 
Mitchell, P. R. 
Moore, J. J. 
McCullough, Chas. J. 
Mott, Dr. Irvine K. 
Muller, Henry H. 
Matthews, C. B. 



Moorman, Edwin H. 
Markley, Dr. A. J. 
McFaddin, W. A. 
McCullough, Harrie B. 
Moerlein, John 
Miller, Jos. A. 
Morgan, Arthur R. 
Murphy, Dan'l 
Molloy, Jas. J. 
Martin, Dr. Chas. H. 
McCrea, Chas. T. 
McRae, Milton A. 
Miller, F. C. 
's/ Moncur, Geo. A. 

Montgomery, Jas. W. 
Muhlhauser, A. G. 
McFarland, Edwin 
McNeill, Judge Aaron 
Morgan, Prof. Wm. H 
Muth, Aug. E. 
Moffet, T. J. 
Martin, Dr. E. J. 
Muhlhauser, Edw'd C. 
Mayer, Emile 
Miller, W. E. 
Murphey, E. W. 



Neave, A. C. 
Newton, Geo. G. 



Newburgh, Henry 



MEMBERS CONTINUED. 



Sayler, J. R. 

Scheidemantle, Prof. J. B. 
Smith, Chas. H. 
tacey, Wm. 
rbuck, Alex. 
SteHinius, Jno. L. 
Swift\John B. 
Sackett\A. N. 
Smith, Judge Sam'l W. Jr 
Simonton, M 
Swing, Judge ^ J'. 
Snider, T. A 
Sterling, Prof. W. 
Sechler, D. M. 
Sohn, Edw'd J. 
Shattuc, Gen. W. B 
Schmidlapp, Louie 
Sprague, Jas. M. 
Schuler, G. W. 
Swift, Thos. T. 



Thomson, Jas. M. 
Trobridge, Geo. W. 
Thorpe, A. J. 
Thrasher, Dr. A. B. 
Townley, J. A. 
Teasdale, W. R. 
Tarr, Walter H. 




Schmidlapp, J. G. 
Sprague, E. T. 
Smith, Prescott 
Schwartz, M. 
Spiegel, Judge Fred. 
Stanage, W. H. 
Shober, W. H. 
Stueve, Sam'l E. E. 
Sanford, A. L. 
Smith, Alb. E. 
Stone, Capt. Geo. W. 
Smith, W. W. 
Skinner, Dr. E. C. 
Stewart, J. R. 
Strobridge, Wm. M. 
Sands, Stephen 
Sprigg, R. L. 

ampson, John B. 
Shaw, Geo. 
Siclong, Henry 



Taft, Hon. Chas. P. 
Trum, Aug. 
Tafel, Hon. Gustav 
Tettenborn, F. 
Thompson, L. J. 
Thompson, Judge A. C. 
Tinker, Capt. H. H. 



MEMBERS CONTINUED. 







O 




Oliver, Judge M. W. 






Omw^ake, John 


Oskamp, Henry 






Oyier, Prof. G. W. 


Oskamp, Wm. S. P. 

\ 






/ 




P 


/ 


Parker, Luther 






Peabody, W. W. Jr. 


Pattison, E. M. 


\ 




Pohlman, Geo. W. 


Paxton, T. W. 




Phillips, Chas. 


Paxton, Hon. T. B. 






, Perkins, W. S. 


Peale, Thos. J. 




/ 
1 


Peters, H. C. 


Peale, W. C. 




\ 


Potter, J. M. 


Peebles, Jos. S. 




Y 


Perin, Frank L. 


Perin, Oliver L. 




/' 


Pogue, Henry 


Peck, Judge H. D. 


/ 

1 


1 
Q 


Pugh, C. R. 


Querner 


, Dr 


-^\ 


Reilly, Col. M. F. / 




R 


Row^e, Casper H. 


Ringgold, F. G. 






Rosenthal, Henry 


Roach, P. E. 






Roth, Chas. E. 


Robinson, J. F. 






Renahan, Jas A. 


Russell, A. 0. 






Roettinger, Phil. 


Ryan, Gen. Michael 






Reid, Alex. 


Rouse, J. T. 






Rippey, W. C. 


Richter, Jos. H. 






Ratterman, Chas. B. 


Rouse, S. D. 






Russell, Dr. L. E. 


Ramsey, Robt. R. 









MEMB^f?S CONTINUED. 



Von Seggern, Chris. 
Van Loo, Leon 
Voight, Hon. Lewis, Sr. 



Verhage, Harry 
Vorheis, Albert B. 
Varner, J. H. 



W 



Walsh, D. F. j 
Walsh, N. J. ' 
Wayne, Jos. W. 
Webster, E. G. 
Wood, Col. E..E. 
Woolley, Col. C. W. 
Worthington, E. 
Werk, Emile 
Webster, E. R. 
Wier, Col. Fred. C. 



Wiedemann, Chas. 
Waddell, F. J. 
Walker, Dr. Edw'd W. 
Wing, Col. Chas. B. 
Washburn, Prof. W. C. 
Williamson, Geo. H. 
White, Frank M. 
Windisch; Wm. A. 
Woods, Harry F. 



Young, Dr. D. S. 
Yost, John C. 



Yaple, L. B. 



Zanoni, Jos. 
Zumstein, John 



Ziegle, L. E. 
Zehler, Geo. J. 



MEMBERS 

SUPPLEMENT 




Abaecharli, Chas. 
Balke, Rudolph F 
Brecount, Ge^ S 
Bromley, \Vm 
Busch, F. T 
Cormany, Jacob 
Crawford, H. W. 
Culbertson, Jas. C. 
Cunningham, Alex 
Dale, Benj. 
Davis, Earl A, 
Dossman, F. A. 
Douglas, W. W. 
Erarich, Chas. 
Ernst, Richard P. 
Foraker, Hon. J. B. / 
Frazer, H. S. / 

Goode, Wm. / 

Gray, Dr. C P. / 
Griffith, Milton / 
Grueber, Wm. / 
Hammond, S. W. 
Hatch, S. G. / 
Heyl, Dr. Asliton B. 
Hill, A. C. ' 
Howard, Wn^. J. 
Hutchinson, H. C. 
Jergens, Herman T. 
Koehnken, Herman H 
Leonard, W. F. 
Long worth, Nicholas 



McCammoEL,' Wm. 
McCracken, David D. 
Marfield, Elliott 
Maxwell, Walter H. 
Merry weather, G. N. 
Moiran, Harry W. 
Murray, Saml. 

yers, H. C. 

yers, H. R. 
Newbauer, Adolph 
Nieman, Samuel 
Obermeyer, J. G. 
Perin, Wm, F. 
-^istner, E. C. 
Poland, Lawrence P. 
Roberts, J. Nevin 
Saxby, Howard 
Scha^e, W. B. 
Selmar, Fred. B. 
Shuff, John L. 
Smith, J. i\ 
Smith, Leonard S. 
Smith, W. C. 
Spencer, Dr. S. H- 
Stark, Geo. W. 
Urban, Charles 
Williams, D. T. 
Zehler, Daniel 
Zehler, Henry 
Ziegler, Wm. C. 



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MONGOLIAN PHEASANTS. 

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